^5Coventry has had three Katedrals: the first, St Mary's, from 1043 to 1539; the second, St Michael's, from 1918 to 1940, when it was destroyed by German bombardment; and its replacement, also St Michael's, built alongside the old Katedral, consecrated in 1962.

^6Note that the London covers only the "square mile", and is usually just referred to as "the City". The larger conurbation of Greater London has no city charter, and consists of the London, the Westminster and 31 other London boroughs. This can be compared to the Brussels, within Brussels.

^7City status was confirmed by Surat paten bertanggal 9 July 1974.[10] The city status extends to the entire district, although the district council calls itself "St Albans District Council" or "St Albans City and District".

^8Letters Patent under the Great Seal conferring City Status were issued to the unitary authority of York on 1 April 1996, confirming the right of the Lord Mayor to be styled "Right Honourable", in continuation to those granted to the previous City Council abolished 31 March 1996.[11]

^9Letters Patent under the Great Seal were issued on 29 March 1996 ordaining that the counties of Swansea and Cardiff should have the status of cities from 1 April 1996. The counties replaced the previous district councils which had enjoyed city status.[11]

^10According to the Municipal Year Book, 1972 the royal burghs of Perth and Elgin officially enjoyed city status. The royal burghs of Brechin, Dunfermline and Kirkwall had also been officially described as "cities". As all burghs were abolished in 1975, these areas are now often called "former cities". Although Brechin does not have city status, the Komunitas council formed for the area uses the title " Brechin and District".

^11Armagh had previously enjoyed city status, with St Patrick's Katedral the seat of the metropolitan primate of all Ireland. The city status was lost in 1840 when the city corporation was abolished. However, the successor urban district council and district council frequently used the title of city without official sanction prior to 1994.

^12City Status confirmed by Letters Patent issued under the Great Seal dated 18 March 1975.[12]

^14City status granted to the "Town of Newport in the County Borough of Newport" and the "Town of Preston" by Surat paten bertanggal 15 May 2002.[14]

^15Surat paten bertanggal 31 January 2001 ordained that "the Towns of Brighton and Hove shall have the status of a City".[15]

^16Surat paten bertanggal 31 January 2001 ordained that "the Town of Wolverhampton shall have the status of a City".[15]

^17Surat paten bertanggal 4 November 1980 ordained that the "Town of Lichfield shall have the status of a City". A town council had been constituted in 1980 leading to the dissolution of the Charter Trustees of the Lichfield.[16][17]

^19City status was conferred on Hereford Town Council 11 October 2000.[19] The status had previously been confirmed to the district council formed in 1974. When that council was abolished in 1996 charter trustees were formed for the Hereford. On the formation of a town council for Hereford in April 2000 the charter trustees were dissolved, and the city status temporarily lapsed.

^20St David's historically had city status because of the presence of St David's Katedral. In 1849 it was noted that the city had no municipal corporation: There was however a recognised "city" in which a mayor had limited jurisdiction.[20] A Royal Commission appointed in 1876 reported that the corporation had long been extinct, and the city was formally abolished in 1886 under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1883.[21] Surat paten bertanggal 16 September 1994 ordained that the "Town of St. David's shall have the status of a City".[22]

^21The title of City was used "by courtesy" after 1550 when Westminster ceased to be the see of a bishop. By Surat paten bertanggal 27 October 1900 city status was conferred on the newly created Metropolitan Borough of Westminster from 1 November.[23] This status was continued on the creation of the Westminster as a London borough in 1965.

^29Surat paten bertanggal 28 Oktober 1905, which also granted the title of Lord Mayor.[33]

^30Warrant issued 28 January 1889 that Letters Patent be issued under the Seal appointed by the treaty of union to be used in place of the Great Seal of Skotlandia, ordaining and declaring that the Burgh of Dundee shall be a City, and shall be called and styled "The Dundee"[34]

^31Burghs of Old Aberdeen and Woodside and the district of Torry incorporated as the City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen by the Aberdeen Corporation Act 1891 (1891 c.cxxiv)

^The term "civitas" or "city" had been used in early charters of the Royal Burgh of Perth. The royal burgh had been created at some date in the King David I (1124-53) and the earliest surviving charter dates from 1209 or 1210. A A M Duncan (24 March 1973). "Perth. The First Century of the Burgh". Transactions of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science.J V Beckett (2005). City Status in the British Isles, 1830-2002. Ashgate. hlm. 16–17. ISBN9780754650676.